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Evidence for the use of magnetic outward-journey information in homing pigeons

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  1. Zoologie, Arbeitsgruppe P.Ö.V., Fachbereich Biologie der Universität, D-6000, Frankfurt a.M.

    Roswitha Wiltschko & W. Wiltschko

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Wiltschko, R., Wiltschko, W. Evidence for the use of magnetic outward-journey information in homing pigeons. Naturwissenschaften 65, 112–113 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00440557

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